Position Type: Full-time
Compensation: $70k annually
Location: Fully remote, but must reside in the Greater Philadelphia area
Website:www.penn-creative.com
About Penn CreativePenn Creative is a women-owned agency that offers graphic design, writing, marketing strategy, and other creative services. We pride ourselves on providing a fun and friendly work environment that is also fast-paced, collaborative, and customer-service-driven. Clients range from local nonprofits to major corporations—spanning many industries. Projects include websites, social media, marketing and ad campaigns, brochures, booklets, evites, presentations and entire magazines. Each day looks different around here, and there’s rarely a dull moment!
About this Position
Do you revel in details and love deadlines? Are you a linear thinker? Do your friends and family always say, “You’re a planner?” Got some graphic design skills or a background in art? We want to hear from you! Penn Creative is seeking a senior-level project manager to join our team. Your days will be filled with project planning, mapping out deadlines and keeping the workflow flowing! You’ll work with both our team and our clients. This is a job for a real “people person” who can adjust on the fly and work well with different personality types.
We embrace collaboration, and you’ll work closely with a team that includes other project managers, account managers, a creative director, writers and designers. The ideal candidate for this position has a can-do, will-do attitude, is passionate about the creative process (including feedback!), takes initiative, and is looking for a career opportunity—not just another job.
Interested in learning more? Please submit your cover letter, resume (and portfolio, if you have one), and address them to Jenny. If you use "Dear Hiring Manager" or “To Whom It May Concern” as a greeting, please don't expect a response. We’re looking for someone who pays attention to details, is serious about working at Penn Creative, and reads this entire job post.
Essential Functions
- Project Management Field client requests, utilize our software (Asana), and lead our internal team to create schedules and ensure deadlines and business goals are met. This also includes reviewing business proposals, monitoring project budgets, and doing whatever you can to help keep projects moving forward.
- Client Relations Be a trusted liaison between clients and our team.
- Basic Writing Help write and edit content for projects, including emails, websites and social media. (You don’t need to think of yourself as a “writer” per se, and you can use ChatGPT!)
- Basic Design Basic, occasional work on websites and presentations, including loading content and making minor design adjustments. (You don’t need extensive graphic design experience, but you need a good eye and the ability to learn the basics of adding and deleting content.)
- Participation Attend industry events, read industry newsletters, watch webinars, etc., to improve your skillset and stay abreast of the latest trends.
Requirements
- 8+ years of project management experience in an AGENCY setting (excluding internships/student work/freelance).
- Asana expert!
- A degree or certificate in project management or a closely related field.
- Design eye and ability to help enforce brand guidelines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with the Mac platform.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite: Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Social media experience. (You must be versed in the top social media platforms.)
- Strong sense of accountability.
- Able to work accurately under tight deadlines.
- Ability to go with the flow and adjust on the fly.
- Go the extra mile and pitch in wherever needed. (“That’s not my job!” isn’t in our vocabulary.)
Perks and Benefits
- 10 days paid vacation
- 5 days paid sick time
- 9 paid holidays, which are floating. (Meaning, if you don’t want off on July 4, you can request a different day in July.)
- Up to 2.5 hours as needed of “time to take care of life” that doesn’t subtract from your other PTO (We don’t punish people for needing to attend doctor appointments, go to the bank, pick up a sick child, etc.!)
- Work from home full-time.
- A commission program that financially rewards you for bringing in new clients.
- Retirement plan with employer match: (Fidelity SIMPLE IRA).
- Employer-sponsored healthcare plan, which offers access to group rates. (You pay for your healthcare through a payroll deduction.)
- We’re not corporate, and there’s no red tape or endless meetings! In contrast, there’s flexibility. We’re open to change! We don’t do things a certain way “because that’s how we’ve always done it.” We’re always looking for better ways to do things!
- The opportunity to branch out beyond your job description and take on new challenges that interest you.
- We offer an environment where we care about you and your ability to enjoy your life outside of work. We don’t just give “lip service” to work-life balance. We aren’t just co-workers; we’re friends and family to one another, and we feel the same about our clients.
- Want to make your own schedule instead of adhering to a rigid 9-5? Let’s talk about it!
